If we did not flatter ourselves, nobody else could.
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Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.
quote by Jonathan Swift
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I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.
quote by Charlotte Bronte
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Romanticly charmed
I slither upon one of another outer shell
cool lips pressed against
one whose kisses are hard to resist
warm bold hands upon thy back
romantic whispers set me back
hypnotized by your sexy eyes
I flatter my lashes
you flatter your abbs
your charms are the only one
that can really turn this whole thing around'
the love bell jingles
and we go down
sigh
kiss
rub
cupid really must be bound
lights go out
sleep all night
wake up morning
same ol' story
but one thats just never ending.
poem by Brooke Moran
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Like a Scent I Did Not Invent
Like a scent I did not invent...
I can not prevent or stop,
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By those who flatter,
And yet invade.
One day they may consider,
My thoughts about their approach.
One day they may even think of me,
While they encroach upon my activities.
To see me less as a novelty...
But someone with feelings,
They disregard but touch.
Like a scent I did not invent...
I can not prevent or stop,
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By those who flatter,
And yet invade.
For purposes 'they' have,
To persuade.
'But...
When one steps on stage,
Isn't it all about 'theater'?
And what we 'exchange' in presentation,
Isn't it there for interpretation?
In a mixed-use composition of vision? '
That's too deep for me.
I'd just like some 'thank yous' expressed.
At least be considerate about it!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Pride And Ego
I hide this in my heart,
for a long time and,
people noticed it,
friends talked about it,
though they do not know,
what that is hidden anew,
I nurture it day by day,
strengthen it say by say,
people noticed it,
friends talked about it,
When they know about it,
I do not understand what is it,
I boast about me and
let my friends to flatter about me,
For the flattering that I get,
I boast about me and
let myself to flatter about them,
My friends know about it,
I know about them,
To survive in this world,
we have to scratch one another,
but the truth hidden in my safe,
can not be shunned always,
from the watchful eyes of my friends,
a word, an action or a scream,
may bring out all the goods,
and evils that is kept in my heart.
as the old meat decays and
emits the repelling odor or
the sweet fermented smell,
from the dried flowers.
poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi
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The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.
Who knows not how to flatter knows not how to talk.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
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Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.
quote by Wendell Phillips
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If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me.
quote by Ali Larter
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I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.
quote by Janet Flanner
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The more you flatter a fool, the more seriously he plays his game.
If you flatter the mother, you will embrace the daughter.
Let no one flatter himself of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.
quote by Saint Augustine
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It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.